Knopp, Elmer E. ""Bun"
Passed:
Age: 91
Source:
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1970-01-16
Information: Elmer E. ""Bun"" Knopp, 91, died Saturday at the Gordon Memorial Hospital in Spencer. He was a son of John and Julia Wyatt Knopp and a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. Mr. Knopp was a retired teacher and for many years lived at Little Creek in Jackson County and more recently in Spencer. He was a teacher and merchant, having taught for 44 years in Roane and Jackson Counties. Surviving are his widow, Icy Hinzman; sons, Waitman of Spencer and Olen of Liverpool; daughters, Mrs. Wilda Keffer of Liverpool, Hettie Knopp of Gay, Mrs. Evelyn Rhodes of Ripley and Mrs. Eulalah Weadock of Belleville;; sister, Mrs. A. T. Gordon of Spencer; brothers, Charles of Parkersburg and Robert of Liverpool; 16 grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Services were held Monday in Sinnett Funeral Home, Spencer with the Rev. Orland Reynolds officiating. Burial was in Mount Zion Cemetery near Gay.